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Getting the history right on ‘1066: A Year to Conquer England’

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The Celts: unpicking the mystery

A portrait of Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England, by Michiel Sittow. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Monarchy timeline: from the Middle Ages to the modern era

Giuseppe Garibaldi in Naples, Italy, 1861. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

God, gangs and Garibaldi

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Bleddyn ap Cynfyn: the first Prince of Wales?

Section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting a woman and child fleeing from a burning house. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Library The Anglo-Saxons’ last stand

Pevensey Castle, England. First fortified by the Romans, William the Conqueror famously landed his army there in 1066 and a Norman castle was developed during the century after the Norman Conquest. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The Library Q&A: How did the Normans learn to build castles?

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5 reasons you won’t want to miss our York History Weekend

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the battle of Hastings. Anglo-Saxon foot soldiers are seen defending themselves with a wall of shields against Norman cavalry. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

What the Normans did for us

Italian poet Francesco Petrarch

Q&A How and when did the medieval period get its name?

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The secrets of 6 of Britain’s most famous castles – with Dan Jones

The Harrying of the North. Gouache on paper, by Patrick Nicolle (1907–95). Private collection. (© Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images)

Occupation, resistance, subjugation: the bloody aftermath of 1066

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The 1016 Danish Conquest that led to the battle of Hastings

Battle of Hastings. (Neil Holmes/Getty Images)

Q&A: If the battle of Hastings had never taken place, would British history have been any different?

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The Norman Conquest